Tourism to Israel up 15% in 2019

A record 3.1 million tourists entered the country in the first nine months of 2018.

A record 3.1 million tourists entered Israel in the first nine months of 2018, 15% up from the corresponding period of 2017, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports. The number included 2.9 million tourists and 200,000 day visitors who entered Israel for less than 24 hours. Of the 2.9 million tourists 2.6 million flew into Israel and 324,000 came by land. In September, Israel had 300,000 tourists.